18.906
Table of contents
- Course Info
- Realistic Prerequisites
- Subject Matter
- Course Staff
- Lectures
- Problem Sets
- Exams
- Resources
- Grading
- Advice to Future Students
Course Info
| Class Size | 10 |
| Hours/Week | 9.9 (7 responses) |
| Instructors | Paul Alfred Seidel |
| # of Responses to Course 18 Underground Questions | 5/10 |
Realistic Prerequisites
- Content from 18.905 was very important. The material from 18.905 was quickly reviewed in the first few lectures.
- Knowing some differential geometry was useful as well. Sometimes, algebraic geometry appeared, but was not necessary for the class.
Subject Matter
- The class was purely theoretical. However, the material was focused on geometry rather than category theory.
Course Staff
- Approachable, and willing to help students.
- Encouraged participation in lectures.
Lectures
- Lectures have a fast pace.
- Could use lecture notes, textbook, and other references to learn about material.
Problem Sets
- 10 problem sets, around 5 problems per problem set.
- Interesting and challenging problems which could be done with knowledge from lectures.
Exams
- No exams.
Resources
- For each lecture, there were lecture notes and a list of parts of textbooks containing the material.
- No required textbook.
Grading
- Lenient and fair, the distribution of grades was transparent.
- Grades were determined by average of 10 problem sets.
- The A/B/C cutoffs were 80/65/50.
Advice to Future Students
- “Consider who the professor will be when taking this class. This will likely determine how geometric or how category theory based the class is.”